The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

Episode 40, 'Offensive Language' with Rebecca Roache

Rebecca Roache is a Senior
Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. Dr
Roache specialises in practical ethics, logic, philosophy of mind,
philosophy of psychiatry and early modern philosophy, but in this
episode, we’ll be speaking to Rebecca specifically about the
philosophy of language and swearing.

In the words of Rebecca Roache:

"With a little imagination, we can find limitless and
powerful ways to offend people if that’s what we want to do. We
don’t need to give a f*ck about whether our favourite swear words
are declining in their capacity to shock." (Ethics
Centre,2015 -
click for full article)

*We apologise for the audio quality of this episode. We recorded
the interview at How the Light Gets In Festival, and
although the rain had stopped for us momentarily, you’ll be able to
hear festival-goers celebrating the outbreak of sunshine in the
background. We’ll be back in the studio after this episode. Thank
you, we hope you enjoy the show!

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